Legal Opinion

Chicago Great Western Railway Co. v. People ex rel. Bennett

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided April 17, 1899PublishedCited by 10 opinions

Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Second District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Kane county; the Hon. H. B. Willis, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Boggs

The circuit court of Kane county, upon the petition of the appellee, entered judgment awarding a peremptory writ of mandamus commanding the appellant company to erect over its railway tracks at the intersection of Third street, in the city of St. Charles, an iron or steel bridge in accordance with plans and specifications detailed in the judgment. The Appellate Court for the Second.District affirmed the judgment, and this is an appeal from the judgment of the latter court.

The circuit court was not asked to rule on propositions of law applicable to the case, and no exception was saved or…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. People ex rel. Hemstreet v. CrabbIllinois Supreme Court · 1895

3Cited by10 opinions

  1. People ex rel. Yarrow v. LuedersIllinois Supreme Court · 1919
  2. Rose v. Mutual Life InsuranceAppellate Court of Illinois · 1908
  3. People ex rel. Dwight v. Chicago Railways Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1915
  4. East St. Louis Lumber Co. v. United States Branch of the London Assurance Corp.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1927
  5. Murgic v. Fort Dearborn Casualty UnderwritersAppellate Court of Illinois · 1925

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